Rail museum gets a boost

摘要

The Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Ga., plans to break ground on a $1 million research center this year, allowing for expanded access to documents and photographs in the location that won fame for the Great Locomotive Chase in April 1862. During the Civil War, Union raiders swiped the locomotive "General" near Kennesaw, but were eventually chased down by Confederates on foot and by rail. "Most museums or research facilities like this are closing down; we're going in the other direction," Executive Director Richard Banz told the Marietta Daily Journal.